Alto Saxophone – Julian "Cannonball" Adderley* (tracks: 2-1 to 3-13)
Arranged By – Gil Evans (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5)
Bass – Paul Chambers (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 4-5), Ron Carter (tracks: 5-1 to 5-6)
Bass Clarinet – Danny Bank (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5)
Bassoon – Jack Knitzer (tracks: 4-2 to 4-5)
Clarinet, Oboe – Harold Feldman (tracks: 4-1)
Conductor [Under The Direction Of] – Gil Evans (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5)
Drums – "Philly" Joe Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 3-1, 3-3 to 3-7, 3-9, 3-12, 3-13), Tony Williams* (tracks: 5-1 to 5-6), Jimmy Cobb (tracks: 3-2, 3-8, 3-10, 3-11, 4-1 to 4-5)
Engineer – Frank Laico (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 3-1 to 3-13, 5-1 to 5-6), Fred Plaut (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Harold Chapman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6)
Flugelhorn – Miles Davis (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
Flute – Albert Block* (tracks: 4-1), Eddie Caine (tracks: 4-1), Harold Feldman (tracks: 4-2 to 4-5)
Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet – Jerome Richardson (tracks: 3-1, 3-6, 3-7), Phil Bodner (tracks: 3-2 to 3-5, 3-8 to 3-13), Romeo Penque (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
French Horn – Earl Chapin (tracks: 4-1), Gunther Schuller (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13), James Buffington* (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), John Barrows (tracks: 4-1), Joe Singer* (tracks: 4-2 to 4-5), Julius Watkins (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13), Tony Miranda (tracks: 4-2 to 4-5), Willie Ruff (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13)
Harp – Janet Putnam (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5)
Oboe – Romeo Penque (tracks: 4-2 to 4-5)
Percussion – Elvin Jones, Jose Mangual (tracks: 4-1)
Piano – Herbie Hancock (tracks: 5-1 to 5-6), Miles Davis (tracks: 2-2), Red Garland (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6)
Producer – Cal Lampley (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13), George Avakian (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6), Irving Townsend (tracks: 4-1 to 4-5), Teo Macero (tracks: 4-1 to 5-6)
Producer [Box Set] – Motoaki Ohmachi
Remastered By – Kazuie Sugimoto
Tenor Saxophone – John Coltrane (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6), Wayne Shorter (tracks: 5-1 to 5-6)
Trombone – Frank Rehak (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13), Joe Bennet* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13), Dick Hixson* (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5)
Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5), Ernie Royal (tracks: 3-1 to 4-5), Johnny Coles (tracks: 3-1 to 3-13, 4-2 to 4-5), Louis Mucci* (tracks: 3-1 to 4-1, 4-3 to 4-5), Miles Davis, Taft Jordan (tracks: 4-1)
Tuba – Bill Barber, Jimmy McAllister* (tracks: 4-1)
Written-By – D. Heyward* (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-4 to 3-13), G. Gershwin* (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-4 to 3-13), I. Gershwin* (tracks: 3-1, 3-2, 3-4 to 3-13)
Notes
Disc 1 ('Round About Midnight) recorded October 26, 1955 (2), June 5 (4-6) and September 10 (1, 3), 1956. Disc 2 (Milestones) recorded February 4 (3-6) and March 4 (1, 2), 1958. Disc 3 (Porgy And Bess) recorded July 22 (3, 4, 9) and 29 (2, 8, 10, 11), August 4 (1, 5-7, 13) and 18 (12), 1958. Disc 4 (Sketches Of Spain) recorded November 20, 1959 (1), March 10 (3) and 11 (2, 4, 5), 1960. Disc 5 (Miles Smiles) recorded October 24 (1, 2, 4, 5) and 25 (3, 6), 1966.
Five Hybrid SACDs in hardback book-style digipaks with affixed booklets each containing two sets of liner notes in Japanese. Fold-out b/w facsimiles of original LP jackets (front and back) with original English liner notes included with each disc. Four-page insert with two sets of liner notes in Japanese. Slipcase with full-back obi.